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Reminiscences of Nancy S. Gonzalez : oral history, 2001-2003.

Creator: Gonzalez, Nancy S., 1951-
Project: September 11, 2001 oral history narrative and memory project.
(see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :transcript 122 pages sound recordings 2 audiocassettes (85, 53 min.)
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Staff Accountant, Port Authority of NY/NJ.

Scope and Contents

Born Greenwich Village, New York, NY; education: Baruch College; career: secretary then site research for J.C. Penny Company, Icelandic Airlines, Trans World Airlines, licensing division of Electric and Musical Industries, electrical contracting firm, Port Authority; 9/11: early arrival to work at North Tower of World Trade Center, sound of explosion, fall of ceiling fragments, escape from tower, witnessing tower collapse; post-9/11: tourism, emotional recovery, 9/11 memorial, effect on lower Manhattan, anthrax scare, reaction of children; reflections on politics.

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